MALINGERING.
AX AMERICAN' PRISONER REFUSES WORK. (By Telegraph. —I'ress Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. The prisoner Joseph Edg'er was before Mr Eraser, S.M., on a further charge of malingering in the Auckland Gaol. He protested that he was treated with antagonism, because he was an American. He disputed the medical testimony that lie was capable of doing work. IMr Fraser said the suggestion of prejudice against Americans was quite unfounded. In any case, if the prisoner had committed the crime, for which he was sentenced, in the United States, he would have been lynched. So far from treating the prisoner badly, the warders were inclined to show consideration. "Consideration!" interjected Edger. "Well, lamin a position of being able to speak louder at my death than I can here!" The Magistrate imposed a sentence of .fourteen days iti a lighted ceil on bread and water, the prisoner to be permitted to go to work at the ex- , piration of three days, if he desired.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 5 March 1913, Page 2
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162MALINGERING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 5 March 1913, Page 2
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